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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Hannah Devlin Science correspondent

How safe are Ukraine’s nuclear power plants amid Russian attacks?

Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine
Zaporizhzhia is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. Photograph: Sergei Supinsky/EPA

The attack of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant – Europe’s largest – has triggered international concern about the safety of the country’s facilities.

Ukraine is heavily dependent on nuclear energy – it has four main power plants, with 15 reactors, generating about half its electricity. On Friday, the president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said artillery fire at the plant could have caused destruction equal to “six Chernobyls”.

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